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Author:

Gordon-Reed, Annette.

Title:

The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family / Annette Gordon-Reed.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

798 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Hemings family.
Hemings, Sally--Family.
Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826--Family.
Monticello (Va.)--Biography.
Albemarle County (Va.)--Biography.
Slaves--Albemarle County--Albemarle County--Biography.
African American families--Albemarle County.--Albemarle County.
African American families.
African Americans--Biography.
Racially mixed people--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Genealogy tables on end papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. 737-753) and index.

Contents:

Origins. Young Elizabeth's world -- John Wayles : the immigrant -- The children of no one -- Thomas Jefferson -- The first Monticello -- In the home of a revolutionary -- The vaunted scene of Europe. "A particular purpose" -- James Hemings : the provincial abroad -- "Isabel or Sally will come" -- Dr. Sutton -- The rhythms of the city -- The eve of revolution -- "During that time" -- Sarah Hemings : the fatherless girl in a patriarchal society -- The teenagers and the woman -- "His promises on which she implicitly relied" -- "The treaty" and "did they love each other?" -- The return -- On the mountain. Hello and goodbye -- Equilibrium -- The brothers -- Philadelphia -- Exodus -- The second Monticello -- Into the future, echoes from the past -- The ocean of life -- The public world and the private domain -- "Measurably happy" : the children of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings -- Retirement for one, not for all -- Endings and beginnings.

Summary:

Historian and legal scholar Gordon-Reed presents this epic work that tells the story of the Hemingses, an American slave family, and their close blood ties to Thomas Jefferson.

ISBN:

0393064778
9780393064773

OCLC:

(OCoLC)225087744

LCCN:

2008014642

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